Data Trace Editor – Technique Considerations: – entry into the medullary canal: – femoral reaming: – broaching for press fit stems: – the last broach in inserted carefully and should advance with each blow of the mallet; – as the broach is … Read more
– Discussion: – when needle is inserted into muscle or moved w/in muscle, there is a single burst of activity that usually lasts 300 to 500 ms; – activity is related to movement of electrode and is thought to result from mechanical stimulation or injury of the muscle fibers; – Increased Insertional Activity: … Read more
– Synovial F. Exam: – Pauciarticular JRA – Polyarticular JRA – seronegative Arthritides – Osteochondroses (LCP, Osgood-Schlatter dz) – Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis – Lyme Disease – Oseoid Osteoma – Foreign body synovitis
– Destot’s sign: – superficial hematoma above inguinal ligament or in scrotum or thigh; – may indicate a pelvic fracture, as may a limb-length discrepancy or obvious rotational deformity of the pelvis or lower extremity; – Roux’s sign: – a decrease in the distance from the greater trochanter to … Read more
– Labs: – WBC, ESR, CRP; – gram stain and culture: – prior to giving antibiotics, it is essential that a gram stain and culture be collected; – in hematogenous osteomyelitis, a bone aspirate is required which can usually … Read more
Acta Orthop Scand. 1981;52(1):103-105 Ahlberg A, Henricson AS ABSTRACT Forty-four ankle joint fusions performed in the period 1950-1972 at the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Malmö General Hospital, were evaluated. Thirty-one patients were re-examined. The mean follow-up time was 12.3 years (6.4-28 years). Two-thirds of the patients were much better or better than … Read more
– Discussion: – innervated by branches of obturator, femoral, & sciatic nerves; – Anterior and Posterior Innervation Groups: – posterior group: – posterior articular nerve of tibial nerve which crosses posterior capsule at level of oblique popliteal ligament; … Read more
– See: Innerv. Musc. Lower Limb : – Discussion: – skin of leg is innervated by the saphenous nerve, terminal portion of Femoral Nerve , on medial side; by lateral sural nerve , branch of common peroneal nerve, on lateral side; and by Posterior Femoral Cutaneous Nerve , above, & medial … Read more
– Discussion: – in lateral gluteal region, cutaneous nerves are lateral cutaneous branches of T12 & Iliohypogastric (L1 ) nerves; – superior region: receives superior cluneal nerves (lateral branches of dorsal rami of L1, L2, L3) – these superior cluneal nerves may be damaged by iliac crest grafting … Read more
– Discussion: – inorganic phase of bone accounts for about 65% of its dry wt; – bulk of the mineral in bone is composed of calcium & phosphate, which in adult is primarily crystalline in structure and resembles synthetic hydroxyapatite crystals; – minor mineral constituents of bone are magnesium, sodium, … Read more